Matthew 11:19

¹⁷ And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

²⁰ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

²¹ Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
KJV: The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
WEB: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”
ASV: The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.
DARBY: The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
BLB: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinners!’ But wisdom was justified from her works.”

ÅB: Menneskesønnen kom og han spiser og drikker; og de sier: ‘Se, for en storeter og vindrikker, tolleres og synderes venn.’ Men visdommen er rettferdiggjort av sine barn.»
OTB: Menneskesønnen kom spisende og drikkende, og de sier: ‘Se, en fråtser og en dranker, en venn av tollere og syndere.’ Men visdommen blir rettferdiggjort ved sine gjerninger.»
B1930: Menneskesønnen kom; han eter og drikker, og de sier: Se, for en storeter og vindrikker, tolderes og synderes venn! Men visdommen er rettferdiggjort av sine barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 9:10–11
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
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Luke 7:34–36
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
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Luke 15:1–2
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
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Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
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Luke 5:29–30
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
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Luke 14:1
And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
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1 Corinthians 1:24–29
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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Luke 7:29
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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